title: Gradual reduction vs abrupt cessation as a smoking cessation strategy in smokers who want to quit.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Is gradual smoking cessation associated with poorer success rates than abrupt cessation in smokers who want to quit?
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Gradual reduction may not be associated with a clinically significant difference in smoking cessation rates compared with abrupt cessation.
authors.affiliation: Primary Care Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England. n.l.lindson@bham.ac.uk
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lindson-Hawley
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Aveyard
authors.forename: John R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Hughes
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D012907:Smoking / Q000628:therapy*; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods*